Period VI APUSH

1868

US purchases Alaska from Russia, first non-continental posses18691869sion

1869

Transcontinental Railroad completed

1870

Women in Wyoming are the first to gain the right to vote

1872

Yellowstone National Park created

1875

John Rockefeller Incorporates Standard Oil

1882

Chinese Exclusion Act passed by Congress

1886

Haymarket Square Riot leads to death of 15 people

1889

Gospel of Wealth published by Andrw Carnegi

1890

Buffalo hunted to near extinction on the Great Plains

1891

Carnegie Hall Opens in New York

1892

Populist Political Party created

1896

Plessy v. Ferguson established “separate but equal”

Knights of Labor

A labor organization that advocated for shorter working days and better conditions; national movement by late 1870s

Chinese Exclusion Act

A set of laws that disabled Chinese immigration for 10 years, and permitted Chinese immigrants in America to become citizens

Hull House

A settlement Addams in Chicago founded by Jane Addams which supported immigrants and urban poor through educational and systemic needs

NAWSA

American women’s rights organization; largest and most important suffrage organization in the USA

Social Darwinism

Belief that those who were successful politically and economically were naturally superior to others politically, justifying social inequality and imperialism.

Trust

A type of business organization which allows multiple companies to combine control over a market, often leading to monopolistic practices.

Assimilation

The act of harboring conformity towards customs attitudes of groups and nations; specifically towards immigrants

Ghost Dance

Spiritual and religious revival of Native Americans against westward expansion

Jim Crow

The lasting racially segregating laws enacted post-reconstruction in the South

Pullman Strike

A strike led by railroad workers against drastic cuts on their income

Solid South

Majority white electoral voting bloc of the South and Democratic Party